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• Laconian
  Laconian

  noun

  a person from or inhabitant of Laconia.
• laconian
  laconian

  noun

  a native or inhabitant of Laconia, the ancient Greek country of which Sparta was the capital

Laconian

American  

[luh-koh-nee-uhn] / ləˈkoʊ ni ən /

noun

• Laconians
  plural

1. a person from or inhabitant of Laconia.

2. an ancient Greek dialect spoken in Laconia.

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adjective

1. relating to or characteristic of Laconia.

laconian British  

/ ləˈkəʊnɪən /

noun

1. a native or inhabitant of Laconia, the ancient Greek country of which Sparta was the capital

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adjective

1. of or relating to Laconia or its inhabitants

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Noun Inflected Forms

• Laconians
  plural

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It will pick up with the Laconian Empire working to cement its control over the Solar System, as everyone else contends with the forces that decimated the last galactic empire.

From The Verge ● Jan. 5, 2018

Where Sparta reigned, simplicity and self-discipline are powerfully reflected in the lancet-eyed Laconian warrior whose body and thoughts alike are swathed in a foreboding cloak.

From Time Magazine Archive

Then swift to earth her willing prey she bore, And left her on the wide Laconian shore, Alone, at midnight, in the darkness dense.

From The Poetical Works of Robert Bridges by Robert Bridges

Eutelidas the Laconian victorious in the boys' pentathlon.

From The History and Antiquities of the Doric Race, Vol. 2 of 2 by Karl Otfried Müller

Hipposthenes the Laconian first conqueror in the boys' wrestling match, Polyneites of Elis in the stadium as a boy.

From The History and Antiquities of the Doric Race, Vol. 2 of 2 by Karl Otfried Müller

Now 'tis to you I address myself, Laconians.

From The Eleven Comedies, Volume 1 by Aristophanes

Ah! no, not that one; one of its toes holds the Laconians in horror.

From The Eleven Comedies, Volume 2 by Aristophanes

Now a school is a choice of a manner of life, or of something held by one or many, as for example the school of Diogenes or the Laconians.

From Sextus Empiricus and Greek Scepticism by Mary Mills Patrick

You have robbed too, you robbed the Laconians at Pylos.

From The Eleven Comedies, Volume 1 by Aristophanes

But as time wore on, information reached him of the departure of Anaxibius to Antandrus, accompanied by his mercenaries and his own bodyguard of Laconians and two hundred Abydenian hoplites.

From Hellenica by Henry Graham Dakyns

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